Bess Truman was happy about moving across the street to Blair House as she didn't really like the White House tours and socializing. In fact, Mrs. Truman spent as much time as possible away from the White House, back home in Independence, Missouri . Eleanor Roosevelt was another First Lady who did not often live at the mansion, but because she was always traveling, working on her own pet projects or missions for her husband. One Washington newspaper once ran a satirical headline reading " Mrs. Roosevelt Spends Night in the White House."